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Example sentences for "minute more"

  • Stir in a piece of butter half the size of an egg, and a table-spoonful of flour wet smooth in cold milk; then add three eggs well beaten, and boil it half a minute more.

  • Set it off before it becomes very thick, and continue to stir it a minute more.

  • Boil it till the sago and apple are perfectly mixed, then add a large spoonful of white sugar, and boil it a minute more.

  • Add the starch and a little salt first; then the eggs, and boil the whole a minute more.

  • In a minute more, there came within my range of view a solitary old man, mounted on a rough pony.

  • In a minute more, they were out of sight of the house.

  • In a minute more, she and Mrs. Ellmother were on their way to join Mirabel at the station.

  • If the work of rescue had been prolonged for even a minute more, it would have been too late, and Tom would have been burned to a crisp.

  • A minute more, and they stood in Palace Yard.

  • A minute more, and the little byway led them out into the market place.

  • In a minute more in walked the cook, with the sort of conscious dignity of bearing which means "I am no longer in your service.

  • A minute more, and the carriages took a sudden turn from the hard high-road into a little weedy lane.

  • The coast will shut the vessel out in a minute more.

  • In a minute more, there was a sudden movement in the crowd; and a chorus of voices proclaimed that the travelers were at hand.

  • In a minute more he was able to speak calmly.

  • Half a minute more, and she had softly ascended a dozen steps of the stairs, and descended again with plenty of noise, springing down with a decided bump on the landing.

  • Half a minute more, however, and it might as well be the proverbial "needle in the hay-stack" for any chance they would have of finding it again.

  • In a minute more, not two men, but dozens, were engaged in a fist-fight, not a weapon being used.

  • In a minute more I seed two men comin' ridin'.

  • Neither of us delayed in answering her summons, and in a minute more we were seated near her.

  • In a moment my calmness and self-control were gone, and in a minute more we were engaged in a hand-to-hand fight.

  • Step by step I walked, then my foot went into space, and in a minute more I fell bound into the deep sea, hearing the savage yell of the pirate crew as I did so!

  • Then a human head became visible, and in a minute more a tall Apache warrior was stalking around the spring as if he were trying to find anything which the pale-faces might have left behind them.

  • He then took from an inner pocket a case of wax-matches, and in half a minute more he handed Wah-wah-o-be a blazing bunch of what to her was comfort.

  • Nearly a score of long-eared fellows knew, in half a minute more, why they were trying to reach the woods ahead of the horses.

  • In a minute more Geoffrey's voice was heard in the passage, and Geoffrey's heavy step ascended the wooden stairs.

  • In less than a minute more Blanche's quick ear caught the faint sound of a woman's dress brushing over the lawn.

  • In a minute more it was a speck out of sight.

  • In a minute more he was fast asleep and snoring.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "minute more" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    are told; best for; full blossom; has ever; instant after; liquor traffic; lord will; minute account; minute before; minute later; minute more; minute particles; minute portion; minutes after; minutes north; minutes south; minutes west; narrow lane; never trust; night after; once agreed; practical religion; royal master; runaway nigger; what seems; working expenses